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Written question asked by Damian Green (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 February 2010. It was answered by Meg Hillier (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 March 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.


Passports

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of British citizens who hold a valid (a) UK passport and (b) UK biometric passport.
Answer

The latest estimate is that in September 2008 there were some 47 million valid United Kingdom passports covering some 77 per cent. of the population. The split between non-biometric and biometric passports (which were first issued in 2006) is not available.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c164W; 317215
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Passports
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk